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INDEX
Page references in boldface refer to illustrations
AAA, see American Authors Authority Aaron Spelling Productions, 177
ABC network, 170, 174, 180, 189, 212, 214
above-the-line workers: accounting difficulties, 91; contractual difficulties, 31, 58, 120. See also screenwriters
Academy Awards: 1936, 50, 276n83; 1957, 112–113; 1958, 114–115
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), 32, 42–43, 47–50, 121
Action in the North Pacific, 76
Adaptation, 4, 235
adaptations, 33, 91, 165, 237
Adelstein, Jonathan S., 217
Adventures of Sam Spade, The, 139
advertising and sponsorship, 35, 75, 124, 162, 212, 225
Affiliated Committee for Television, 124
AFL-CIO, 210
AFTRA, see American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
ageism, 169
agency, personal, 165, 233
Akil, Mara Brock, 236, 244
ALA, see Authors League of America
Alert, 108
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (aka The Alfred Hitchcock Hour), 42, 97
Algiers, 91
Alice in Wonderland, 26
All About Eve, 25
Allen, Fred, 136
Allen, Jay Presson, 151, 244
Allen, Woody, 136, 157, 165, 244
Alley, Robert, 266
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), 11, 115, 152, 161–163, 170, 187, 189–190, 196, 209, 213; and 2007–2008 strike, 218–220, 222–227
Alliance of TV Film Producers, 143, 145–146
All in the Family, 2, 127, 141, 156, 175, 179, 181
All the President’s Men, 6, 156
Ally McBeal, 6
Amazon.com, 235
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, 97
American Authors Authority (AAA), 90–94, 96, 101, 237
American Federation of Musicians, 187
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), 10, 18, 115, 187, 215–216, 228
American Graffiti, 157
American Idol, 205
American Legion, 98
American Society of Cinematographers, 43–44, 274n25, 277n123
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), 91
American Writers Association, see American Authors Authority
American Writers Congress, 79
America’s Most Wanted, 205
America’s Next Top Model, 213–214
Amos & Andy, 286n5
AMPAS, see Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Amy, 180
ancillary markets, 155, 187, 191, 199, 207
Anderson, Christopher, 139
Anderson, Paul Thomas, 202, 244
Anderson, Wes, 202, 244
Animal Crackers, 54
animation: film, 80, 88; television, 23, 198, 199, 204–205, 226. See also cartoonists
Annie Hall, 157
anticommunism. See communist allegations and Red Scare
anti-Semitism, 70, 100
Apartment, The, 42, 101
Apocalypse Now, 157
Armstrong Circle Theater, 138
Arnaz, Desi, 120
Arnold, Thurman, 102
Arrested Development, 6, 229
Article XII, Guild bylaws, 51–54
asset management, 238
Association of Motion Picture Producers, 71
A-Team, The, 214
Atkins, Dante, 223
audiences: attendance trends, 103, 120, 185, 206; boycott threat, 100; changing tastes and opinions, 153, 177, 231; fragmentation in 1990s, 201–202, 204, 208; Internet preference of, 212; live, 125, 127
Auerbach, John, 195, 244
August, John, 239, 244
auteur theory, 16, 160, 161, 165, 166, 192, 208, 239
authorship issues, 12–16, 33, 42, 44, 64, 112, 115, 140, 146–147, 149, 160, 162, 165, 237–239, 273n21; television and, 88, 119, 125–126, 130–131, 141; TSW and, 88, 90–92. See also creative control; pseudonyms
Authors Guild, 91
Authors League of America (ALA), 33, 51, 54, 57, 94, 117–118, 130–132, 134
Avatar, 240
Avedon, Barbara, 181–182, 244
awards, 243
Axelrod, George, 3, 191, 244
Babbitt, Art, 80
Bacall, Lauren, 100
Balaban, Barney, 144
Ball, Lucille, 120
Barbash, Bob, 8, 244
Barnouw, Erik, 12, 244
Barrymore, Lionel, 29
Bartholomew, Freddie, 29
Barton Fink, 157, 234–235
Basic Instinct, 156, 192
Bass, Ronald, 22–23, 192, 219, 240, 244
Batman: The Animated Series, 298n26
Beavis and Butthead, 204
Beery, Wallace, 29
Behind the Rising Sun, 96
Being John Malkovich, 4
Being Mary Jane, 236
Belkin, Gary, 5, 244
below-the-line workers, 31, 61, 80–82, 84–85
Ben-Hur (1925), 42
Ben-Hur (1959), 126, 138
Benson, 178, 184
Berg, Gertrude, 122, 140, 244
Berlin Express, 78
Bernie Mac Show, The, 219
Bernstein, Walter, 1, 107, 111, 230, 244
Bessie, Alvah, 36, 69, 76, 98, 112, 244
Best Years of Our Lives, The, 161
Betamax, 141
Beverly Hills Cop, 210
Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, 59
Bewitched, 179
Biberman, Herbert, 69, 244
Bielby, Denise, 182, 265
Bielby, William, 182, 265
Big Brother, 205
Big Fish, 239
Big Parade, The, 36
Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, 42
Bioff, William (“Willie”), 80
Birth of a Nation, The, 160
blacklisting, 2, 18, 49, 50, 51, 71, 73, 84, 92, 99–102, 106–115, 118–119, 129, 130, 133, 235; economics of, 110. See also graylists; Hollywood Ten
Black Writers’ Caucus (WGA), 184
Blair Witch Project, The, 203
Blinn, William, 174–175, 244
Blockade, 91
blockbusters, 171, 172, 185, 203, 240
Blue Dahlia, 90
Blue Velvet, 157
Blu-Ray, 141
Bob Newhart Show, The, 175
Boddy, William, 127, 136–137
Body and Soul, 85, 88
Bogart, Humphrey, 100, 103
Bonanza, 125, 140
Bonnie and Clyde, 17
Boogie Nights, 202, 203
Bordwell, David, 89
Boren, Charles, 148, 161–162
Born Innocent, 174
Boulle, Pierre, 114, 115
Boulware, Bill, 184, 245
Bourbon Street Beat, 145
Bourne Identity, The, 230
Bowman, John, 219, 245
Boys Town, 42
Boyz n the Hood, 202
Brackett, Charles, 42, 52, 102, 121, 234, 245
brands and branding, 165, 197, 202, 207–208
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 3
Breaking Bad, 232, 238–239
Brecher, Irving, 60, 245
Brecht, Bertolt, 69–70, 245
Breen, Richard L., 132–133
Brewer, Roy, 82, 85, 96, 129
Brady Bunch, The, 157
Brave One, The, 112
Brian’s Song, 174
Bridesmaids, 238
Bridge on the River Kwai, The, 104, 114–115
Bright, John, 36, 64, 82, 83–84, 147, 245, 276n90
Bringing Up Baby, 36
British Broadcasting Company (BBC), 141
Broidy, Steve, 144
Brooks, Adam, 220, 245
Brooks, James L., 176, 245
Brooks, Mel, 3, 5, 141, 164–165, 245
Browne, George, 80
Bucatinsky, Dan, 229, 245
Buchman, Sidney, 108, 245
Buck, Pearl, 75
Burning Bed, The, 174
Burns, Allan, 159, 176, 178, 245
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 6, 156
Butler, Hugo, 24, 245
Butler, Jean Rouveral, 180, 245–246
Cabaret, 151
Cable Act (1992), 201
cable television, 141, 155, 185, 188, 200, 201–202, 211, 237
Caesar, Sid, 141
Caesar’s Hour, 5, 141, 188
Caged, 129
Cagney & Lacey, 10, 181
Cain, James M., 72, 91–92, 94, 147, 246
Caldwell, John, 177, 192, 265
California Quarterly (journal), 102
Camille, 35
Candid Camera, 4
Cannell, Stephen J., 177, 214–215, 246
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